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THE PUBLIC MIND: READER EXPRESSES BITTERNESS OVER DISMISSAL OF CHAFFEE COACH
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/12/91)
To the Editor: As an alumnus of Chaffee High School, I am utterly ashamed of being a product of the Chaffee public school system. This shame is brought about in the wake of the impulsive and inexcusable removal of Kent Mangels as boys varsity basketball coach by the school board...
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ED WILLIAMS GIVEN AWARD FOR POETRY
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Ed Williams, 336 North Lorimier, has been selected for a "Golden Poet Award" in the World of Poetry Great American Poetry Contest. As a "Golden Poet" recipient, Williams' poem, "Challenge Accepted," was published in World of Poetry's American Poetry Anthology...
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4 NAMED NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Four students at Cape Central High School have been named finalists in the National Merit Scholars program. Finalists are Daniel Hilty, Kenneth Cantrell, Jason Green and Joe Werne. Approximately 14,000 finalists were named in the country. Merit Scholarship winners will be chosen from the group. The scholarship range is from $250 to $2,000...
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CARLA BROWN IS GIVEN SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
PERRYVILLE -- Carla Jean Brown, a senior at St. Vincent's High School, has been awarded a presidential scholarship at Maryville College in St. Louis. She is one of 10, 1991 high-school graduates to receive the scholarships, which pay all tuition plus room and board for one academic year at the school. The scholarships are renewable annually for three years to undergraduates who maintain specified academic standards...
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KALA STROUP TO ADDRESS EVENT
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Southeast Missouri State University President Kala Stroup will speak Sunday at the state convention of Delta Kappa Gamma International. Stroup will speak at 9 a.m. at the convention, which will be held at the Cape Girardeau Holiday Inn. The convention brings together a contingent of women educators...
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ANNA GIRL WILL VIE IN PAGEANT
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
ANNA, Ill. -- Jennifer Amanda Ray, 10, of Anna, will compete in the Memphis-in-May Classic Beauty Pageant May 19. The pageant, part of the city's Memphis-in-May activities, will be held at the Peabody Hotel. Ray will represent the Heartland Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky in the pageant. She is the daughter of David and Sharon Ray of Anna...
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SHAWNEE STUDENT CITED ACADEMICALLY
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
MCCLURE, Ill. -- Crystal LeAnn Kaufman, a senior at Shawnee High School, has been named to the Southern Illinois Society for High School Achievement. Kaufman is a member of Beta Club and Student Council. She was named best accounting I student and 1990-91 chorus queen...
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ESSAY WINNERS TO VISIT WASHINGTON
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Randy Hite and Sherri Joann Hartline, students at Dongola High School, were winners in the Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative's "Youth to Washington" contest. Hite, son of Shirley M. Hite, and Hartline, daughter of Raymond and Wilma Hartline, all of Dongola, will join winners from other states in a visit to Washington, D.C., June 14-21. ...
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LOCAL SUPPORT GROUP IS FORMED
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A support group for parents of children with disabilities will meet Wednesday at Southeast Missouri Hospital. The Parent's Support Group for Special Kids is being formed by a Scott City couple whose son has cerebral palsy. Tom Miller said the group will meet once a month...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: TELL BOARD ABOUT FEELINGS ON COACH
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/12/91)
To the Editor: Voters and residents of Chaffee School District, I'm writing this letter to tell you of a great injustice being done to a fine man by a few members of the Chaffee School Board. Kent Mangels is being relieved of his duties as Chaffee basketball coach. ...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: WE CAN NOT IGNORE PLIGHT OF THE KURDS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/12/91)
To the Editor: Nobody wants the Kurds ... and perhaps, the Kurds don't really want anybody. They occupy an extensive area involving five countries in the Middle East ... Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Russia and Syria. They have lived their same lifestyle for the last 4,000 years and have made little effort to assimilate themselves into the cultures in which they live. ...
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RENAMING SCHOOL FITTING TRIBUTE TO DESERVING MAN
(Editorial ~ 04/12/91)
The Cape Girardeau Public Schools this week renamed Hawthorn Elementary School for its long-time principal: Charles C. Clippard. It is a fitting retirement tribute for the years of dedication and contributions of this respected educator. No other individual has shaped the development of Hawthorn School as he has. ...
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SEVERE-WEATHER SEMINAR IS SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
EGYPT MILLS - A severe-weather spotter seminar will be held Sunday at 7 p.m. at Scriptural Lutheran Church, Upper Bend Road, under sponsorship of Aid Association for Lutherans. Cape County Emergency Services Coordinator Brian Miller will discuss recognizing signs of severe weather and how to report it, and natural disasters, including floods, tornadoes and earthquakes...
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NEWTON'S LAW: HOW TO KEEP THEM IN SCHOOL ONCE TANNING SEASON ARRIVES
(Column ~ 04/12/91)
My sister, doing doctoral work some years ago in Indiana, told me of a graduate thesis that had gotten some interest locally. The school included a degree in hotel and restaurant management and a student in that curriculum had researched and written a paper on why the thickest part of ketchup tends to collect at one end of the plastic packets, while a red, watery ooze collects at the other end...
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NEW BEGINNINGS MEETS MONDAY NIGHT IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The New Beginnings Support Group will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Birthright's meeting room at 134 S. Park. The topic for discussion is "Dealing with Your Grief of Death and Divorce." New Beginnings is a support group for those who are widowed, divorced or separated...
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HOUSE INCREASES SOUTHEAST BUDGET
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Missouri House Thursday approved state capital improvements bills that included $506,512 in funding for Southeast Missouri State University, $420,600 more than Gov. John Ashcroft had recommended. The bills call for spending nearly $60 million statewide, much of it for maintenance and repairs on state property...
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MEPPELINK TELLS OF NEW CHALLENGE
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Getting Mid-America Teen Challenge to reach into more inner cities with a renewed emphasis is just one of the Rev. Herb Meppelink's goals. Meppelink became Teen Challenge's national representative last March after spending 18 years as executive director of the program's Cape Girardeau center...
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MAY GREENE PARENT EARNS STATE RECOGNITION; HENDERSON HONORED FOR REMEDIAL HELP
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- LaDona Henderson spends nearly every spare moment she has at May Greene School, helping teachers and, in turn, helping her children. Henderson has earned statewide recognition for her efforts at the school. She will be named one of 17 Outstanding Chapter 1 Parents in Missouri, a new honor to be given at the annual Chapter 1 convention April 22 and 23 in Columbia. Chapter 1 coordinates remedial programs in public schools...
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MEDICAL MIRACLES CARRY HIGH COSTS
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The chief executive officer of Missouri's largest health insurer says it's time for people to be realistic about the high cost of health care. "The bottom line is, society has to begin to get realistic," said Roy Heimburger, chief executive officer of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Missouri. "Our medical people can do absolute miracles. But they come with a cost."...
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NEWSLINE: FREAK ACCIDENT INJURES WOMAN
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
SIKESTON - An Arkansas woman sustained serious injuries Thursday evening when she fell onto Interstate 55 after the passenger door of a tractor-trailer opened. Elsewhere, a 9-year-old Benton boy was moderately injured Thursday when he rode a bicycle into the path of a vehicle...
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GROUP'S FIRST MEETING HERE ON TAP THURSDAY, FRIDAY: STATE SCHOOL BOARD PLANS CAPE VISIT
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Missouri Board of Education will meet next week in Cape Girardeau, marking the first time that the state board has convened in this city. "One time a year, the board tries to schedule a meeting out state," said Bekki Cook, a Cape Girardeau attorney and a member of the state school board since September...
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BOWL-A-THON SET SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The annual American Red Cross Bowl-A-Thon is scheduled for Saturday at West Park Lanes in Cape Girardeau. The event will last from 1-5 p.m. and all proceeds will go to fund local Red Cross programs. Awards will be given to those raising the most money...
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CAPE COUNTY SALES TAX RECIPTS RISE
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
JACKSON - For the first time this year, Cape Girardeau County has received a monthly sales tax check that is greater than the one received the same month a year ago. Auditor H. Weldon Macke told the county commission Thursday that the April check was for $252,309.37, which represents a 9 percent increase over the $241,080 check received in April of 1990...
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RED DAGGER WILL PRESENT `DIARY OF ANNE FRANK' AT CENTRAL HIGH TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Central High School's production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" will be performed tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $2 for students and $3 for adults. The play, about a family that hid from the Germans in the Netherlands during World War II, will be performed "in the round" in the new Cape Central High School Gymnasium...
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`ROMEO AND JULIET': UNIVERSITY THEATRE DELIVERS WEATHERED LESSON WELL
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
Here's much to do with hate, but more with love. Of literature's love stories, "Romeo and Juliet" may be popularly known as the greatest. Despite Romeo's declaration above, the 1594 play is built on a bedrock of hatred and explores a tragedy that comes from this condition...
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CAPAHA ARROW TAKES 8 AWARDS IN COMPETITION
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Capaha Arrow student newspaper at Southeast Missouri State University received eight awards in statewide Missouri College Newspaper Association competition. The awards included a first-place award for editorial writing. The annual competition was held last week on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus...
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LACY M. YOUNG
(Obituary ~ 04/12/91)
BERTRAND -- Funeral service for Lacy Marie Young of Bertrand will be held at 1 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Chapel in Charleston. The Rev. Robert Burke will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery at Sikeston. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until time of service...
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CHARLES P. TEMPLETON
(Obituary ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Charles P. Templeton, 321 S. West End Boulevard, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Neil Stein will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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WILBERT C. TELKER
(Obituary ~ 04/12/91)
CHARLESTON -- Funeral mass for Wilbert C. (Buddy) Telker of Charleston Route 2 will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Henry's Catholic Church. The Rev. Raymond Kunkel will officiate, with burial in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at McMikle Funeral Home here after 5:30 p.m. today. A prayer service will be held at 7:30...
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ELSIE V. ROBINS
(Obituary ~ 04/12/91)
ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Elsie V. Robins of Advance will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Morgan Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Arvil Huffman will officiate, with burial in Morgan Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-9 p.m. today...
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MRS. OPAL HAHN
(Obituary ~ 04/12/91)
BURFORDVILLE -- Funeral service for Mrs. Opal Hahn of Burfordville will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. The Rev. Bill Ross will officiate and burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. Mrs. Hahn died Thursday morning at her home. She was 82...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/12/91)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Wynn Rust, 1600 Themis, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:27 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, 1991. Name, Rebekah Kristina. Weight, 8 pounds 3 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Rust is the former Kim Eason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Eason, 2209 Earleen. Rust is data processing manager at Concord Publishing House, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Rust, 700 N. Pacific...
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EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ATTEND SEMINAR ON TRAIN DERAILMENTS
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- In the event of a train derailment involving the release of hazardous materials, local firefighters, police, ambulance and other emergency services personnel will most likely be the first to respond. The way in which they respond to this emergency may be a matter of life and death to themselves, and others...
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SATURDAY PARK WORKSHOP WILL HIGHLIGHT WILDFLOWERS
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- After a long gray winter, there's nothing more beautiful than the appearance of bright crimson, magenta, blue, gold, orange, and other colors in the many varieties of wildflowers found in Missouri's woods and forests. To help appreciate this sudden explosion of color and the more than 1,700 native flowering plants behind it, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources will sponsor wildflower workshops this weekend at 16 state parks, including Trail of Tears State Park...
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MARGARET SEVIER
(Obituary ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Margaret Sevier, 417 S. Fountain, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Second Baptist Church. The Rev. George P. Ashby will officiate, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel from 4-6 p.m. today, and at the church Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until service time...
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SCHULTZ PARENT ORIENTATION SCHEDULED
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- An orientation meeting for parents of sixth-grade students who will be attending L.J. Schultz School next year will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the school library. Principal Carolyn Vandeven said the program will include a review of Schultz programs and policies...
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HOBBS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN CAPE GIRARDEAU: FOLLOW THE LEAD OF JESUS CHRIST
(Local News ~ 04/12/91)
The Rev. David Conley is a native of Cape Girardeau and a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. He taught and coached at St. Vincent High School in Perryville for six years. Following two years as Director of Christian Education and Youth Ministries at First United Methodist Church in Sikeston, he attended St. ...
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